Make the most of your patio’s shortcomings by playing with scale, color, texture and location

A landscape designer transforms a couple's backyard patio into a feature-packed oasis

Design an amazing patio garden for your home with these professional touches

Earthy, lush and warmly welcoming, a Mediterranean garden can thrive in any warm-climate landscape with a few adaptations

Strengthen the look of your yard — and solve landscape design dilemmas — with a rock wall that fits right in

No need to wait forever for patio privacy the green way. These 10 ideas will get your screening up and running in no time

Give your garden design some textural bam with pebbles, granite, river rocks and other permeable materials

You can make the most of your small backyard or balcony with these landscape design elements

Beige — the color of the universe — can be both building block and backdrop in a contemporary garden

Why settle for a hulking brick wall when plants, screens and other refined backyard dividers do the job with panache?